| Dance Hall of the Dead Contributor(s): Hillerman, Tony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061808385 ISBN-13: 9780061808388 Publisher: Harper OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: May 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Two young boys suddenly disappear. One of them, a Zun i, leaves a pool of blood behind. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, of the Navajo Tribal Police, tracks the brutal killer. Three things complicate the search: an archaeological dig, a steel hypodermic needle, and the strange laws of the Zun i. Compelling, terrifying, and highly suspenseful, "Dance Hall of the Dead never relents -- from first page till last. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 870 |
| Series: Leaphorn and Chee Novel |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 4.2" W x 7.56" (0.34 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 25853 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin air, leaving a pool of blood behind them. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police has no choice but to suspect the very worst, since the blood that stains the parched New Mexican ground once flowed through the veins of one of the missing, a young Zu i. But his investigation into a terrible crime is being complicated by an important archaeological dig . . . and a steel hypodermic needle. And the unique laws and sacred religious rites of the Zu i people are throwing impassable roadblocks in Leaphorn's already twisted path, enabling a craven murderer to elude justice or, worse still, to kill again. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hillerman, Tony: - TONY HILLERMAN was a former president of the Mystery Writers of America and received the Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian's Ambassador Award, the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and the Navajo Tribal Council Special Friends of the Dineh award. A native of Oklahoma, Tony Hillerman lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until his death in 2008. |